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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE /

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June 11, 1951

From Walter Winchell.

Mr. Clegg

Mr. GUviOes
Mr. NichWs^

Mr. Roeeir

Mr. Tracy

Mr. Harbo.

Mr. Alden,^=.
Mr. Belmi^
Mr. Laughlio,
Mr. Jones

Mr. Mobr

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Mr. Mease
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Poison in
The Lyons Hen

Editor, Daily Worker:

Ted Tinsley’s column of May
15 isn't ug to his . usual bitter-
funny exposure of die ills of this
decadent warmongering system,
Edna and Arc^ and their Cre-
ator don't usually underestimate
the enemy in order to find him
funny. - V .

Leonajj^yons is, to be sure,
a --gossip columnist of the low^t
breed. 5ut, Wee most of his
breed', he' i!S« TceyEole peeing
and name-dropping as a vehicle
for“'much more dangerous ma- "
tenal m'^*?\lpport OT the war-
inohgeTr ^tmd "attadkfiilt^llmsir
who speak 'for pcace-and a g ain st
fascum. 'ifis 'Infoijnanfs' aif^
plainly, enough not only preas^
aaenls fookmg fw ji j^ug^;:but
FBr“ agents and others in vari-
diK departmente^ 'of Ac govern-^^^^
ment who find vadti columns
rfective places for planting in-
sinuations, allegations and pTau)
lies for which they could find no
legitimate outlet. As a former
lawyer, Lyons, has particularly
specialized in dope stories about
various trials, wiA regular
vraous digs against the demnse
of Negro firameup victims, the
Communist lea ' ‘ “ “

. which Lyons has refused to re-
veal his informants on Ae
ground Aat these were ‘'privi-
leged communications'^ were, as
Tinsley says, ‘'poisonous.” But
~ 'not because Aey revealed which
barfly was seen wiA which
oAer society barfiy s wife. They
wore deliberate plants desi^^
to lUSM “rising prbte^ an

act of pro^war anti-Sengjtielter-
rorizaliun. OfieTtm, I remem<
ber,> wa s -iA e-ontrageons^jiyit^
mant That Mrs. Ethefi^dfo^-

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leaders

Square, and so on.

The particular stories

Foley
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t^rg, condemned to^^aA for
alleged espionage, had not asked
* tS see , her children Ae enAe
«tim^ Aat she was in prison.

^ Ibe item, along with several
rimilar ones, followed Ae
^ shocked protest of Ae Jewish
communities especially (includ-
ing Ae Forward and Ae Day)
at Ae slanted publicity pVen
Ae Rosenberg case and Ae un-
precedented severity of Ae aen-
t^ce. .fthe Post, wiA a large
circulation among Ae Jewish
people of New York, was surely
■trymg to make this" inh uman
sentence palatable by showing
^hat its victim is mhiiman and
'Unnatural

If Lyons, Winchell 4 umI com-
pany were merely pe^ artists,
Afy would hardly rate- a cok
uiiin. What they actually areTl
rates a different column firo]
Ted Tinsley s today. B.F.

PftgC 6 Pally 'VoAcr, Ttew ToAi Thursday ^ May 24, wil

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• MR. D. M. LADD f\y M oatbi March 30, 1953 ^

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auBjBCT; WALTER WINCHELL

SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1953

TELECAST 6:V5 P.M., EST

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\ "Washington, D, C. — An American citizen, now a top *

official at UNESCO in Paris, France, will be brought back and ' / \
charged with being an undercover Communist agent — a former U w

Hollywood press agent. His initials are D, L."

COMMENT ;

I * 2he individual mentioned by Winchell probably refer^t^

David Neamef f. a current Security -Ind^e^L.AMbjegt. Leff is
em ploye*^ Department of Mass Communications, UNESCO, Paris,* . k .

France . Among past employments of Leff is a period of self- ..iir

employment as a %/rit er in Los Angeles . Cal ifornia, during the
latter ' “ “““

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1 "New York* City — ..i.^?fiimbla University prof“essor, last,
year's center of controversy over germ vrarfare, will get a .
Congressional

Gene Weltfish of Co

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na tomorfbw or the next day. ££ is professor
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COMMENT ;

f Professor Gen^
subject and a key figure
at Coltunbla University

/eltfish, a woman, is a Security Index
She Is an ins true ‘

’e was very active in
having been a former president of this

congress or American women, naving oeen a lormer presxa
organization. Her activities have extended to numerous Communist

front groups.

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In June, 1952, Dr. Weltfish publicly implied that
germ warfare had been employed by the United Nations forces against
North Koreans and Chinese in Korea.

WINCHELL ;

"'Washington Post' — The Department of Justice will
shortly move against a great number of ^ditors over here on
foreign language newspapers. All of them may lose their United
States citizenship — alleged fraud in concealing subversive
affiliations • "

COMMENT ;

The Bureau has received no information regarding the
institution of such a program. Mr. Raymond F. Farrell, Assistant
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, advised a
liaison representative of this Bureau on March 30» 1951? that he
had heard the Winchell broadcast and is not aware of the program
referred to in the above comment by Winchell. He suggested that
it may be the aftermath of an attempt by INS to denaturalize
and deport the editor of the "Daily Peoples World."

WINOiELL;

"Washington, D. C. — The Rosenbergs, the atomic bomb
spies, file their third brief in the highest court tomorrow
in Washington. They will probably die in the chair at Sing Sing
the first week in MAy."

COMMENT : w.

The Rosenbergs areV^xpected to file an appeal on
March 30, 1953, vith the U. S\ Supreme Court seeking a review of
the decision of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals denying
them a new trial.

WINCHELL :

"Bronxville, New York — Another S aral^^wrence
College professor will be subpoenaed by the U, e. oUiaLc Security
Committee this week. His last initial is Goldman."

COMMENT :

4 The individual referred to above probably is Irving

MGoldinaJX, a current Security Index subject. Goldman is a / ./'

Mofes&or of anthropology at Sarah Lairfp:ence College and was a
former research worker at Columbia University from 1938 to 1^2.

He %ras employed by the State Department from 19^2 to 19'+7. He
was dismissed by the State Department for security reasons.

He %^s reported to be closely associated with Maurice Halperln
and Joseph Gregg, both of whom were also dismissed by. the
State Department for security reasons. Both Halperin and Gregg
were identified by Elizabeth Bentley as being engaged in espionage
g^ctivity. A professor at Columbia University said that during
Goldman's tenure there, the anthropology department had been
captured by the Commimlst Party. He further alleged that of the
Communists in the anthropology department. Goldman was the ®ost
fanatic and a genuine "zealot." Goldman is unknown to established
security informants in the New York area.

WINCHELL :

In the e(iitorial portion of his program^xWlnchell
referred to a warning he had given the people -oyC Crgs tllne ,
Califowaia., during his broadcast on December 28, ana

. again on the following Sunday. He stated t^t he had advised
M th© press in that area of a CoxDxnunist school %Aiich was
operated near Crestline. He pointed out that this tip had

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